If given four days to charge, the resulting explosion would cause an energy ripple that could rip apart the universe. Upon being activated, the Omnitrix would send out a signal that any ship could pick up, likely as a distress signal. Self-Destruct Mode could be activated via Voice Command and was also seen being triggered by a DNA wave. The Omnitrix was still fully usable while in Self-Destruct Mode, but the countdown would accelerate and release a burst of energy each time it timed out. This was successfully done to keep the Omnitrix from Vilgax in The Final Battle: Part 2. Self-Destruct Mode functioned as a last resort should the Omnitrix fall into the wrong hands. When Self-Destruct Mode was active, the Omnitrix charged energy before exploding, signaled by the hourglass symbol's top and bottom turning orange and slowing spreading across it.
It is unknown why the Omnitrix scanned Edna's DNA when Xenocytes are non-sapient and not accepted by the Codon Stream. The recalibrated Omnitrix was only seen scanning DNA when Edna was present and when Zs'Skayr entered Ben's body. The pre-recalibrated Omnitrix sometimes went into Capture Mode when an alien touched it, unlocking it's species' DNA to the list of unlocked aliens.
If the Omnitrix was scanning an alien that previously escaped the Omnitrix, it would absorb the alien back into itself. Scanning an alien whose species' DNA was already in the Codon Stream unlocked it, while scanning an alien whose species' DNA wasn't in the Codon Stream would add it to the Codon Stream and to the list of unlocked aliens. If the pre-recalibrated Omnitrix was in Recharge Mode and attempted to be used, the hourglass would flash red and beep.Īccording to Dwayne McDuffie, the Omnitrix was powered by a self-sustaining power source that would have long outlived Ben.Ĭapture Mode was used to scan DNA to add a new DNA sample to the Codon Stream or unlock one for use, signaled by the dial turning yellow. In War of the Worlds: Part 1, when the Omnitrix was reverting the DNAliens to human, the Omnitrix used up all its power and went into Recharge Mode. Post-recalibration, it timed out with no warning due to the warning being turned off by the recalibration. In The Secret of Chromastone and on, the Omnitrix started to flash green when about to time out. Pre-recalibration, the Omnitrix flashed red and beeped for varying amounts of seconds before timing out. This feature was turned off after the recalibration. The Omnitrix would sometimes recharge instantly to protect the user from a direct physical threat. Recharge Mode's main purpose was to keep the Omnitrix from damaging the user. While in Recharge Mode, the dial turned red (pre-recalibration) or remained green, occassionally turning red (post-recalibration). It would take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes to recharge. When the Omnitrix timed out, it entered Recharge Mode.
When selecting an alien, the Omnitrix projected a hologram of the alien standing on the dial, sometimes in other positions.Īctive Mode was the Omnitrix's default mode. To select an alien, the user needed to push in on the rim of the hourglass. The Omnitrix gained a more watch-like appearance, gaining a green wristband, became smaller and sleeker, and the dial became black and green. It's unknown if this form of Omnitrix was accessible outside the video game world. Unlike other forms of the Omnitrix, when not in use, the Omnitrix's hourglass turned white and only turns green when selecting an alien. To select an alien, the user needed to turn the dial to select an alien, then the core would pop up and needed to be pushed back in to transform. It had the same display as the pre-recalibration Omnitrix. When selecting an alien, the lines of the hourglass shape intersected, forming a diamond shape and displayed a black silhouette of the alien inside the diamond shape.Īfter entering the Sumo Slammer Smackdown video game, the Omnitrix changed into a different form, resembling a dark brown slab held onto the user's arm with two black straps and had the dial near the elbow. The hourglass shape changed color depending on the mode the Omnitrix was in. The Omnitrix looked like a very big wristwatch, primarily black and grey in color, with a grey/black dial in the middle, similar to a watch face, which had a green hourglass shape (the intergalactic peace symbol) on it. The prototype Omnimatrix (also called the prototype Omnitrix, or just Omnitrix) was a device that could transform the wearer into different sapient alien species, providing the Codon Stream had a DNA sample of said species. The More Things Change: Part 1 (Omniverse)
Omnitrix ( Alien Force (Video Game) Timeline) Ultimatrix (incomplete, modified successor) Destroyed remains at the bottom of the ocean